Penn State News - Brittany Banikhttp://www.psu.edu/
en-usPenn State University Relationsnews@psu.edu (Penn State News)Grad fellow aims to engineer a better synthetic tendon replacementhttp://news.psu.edu/story/280989/2013/07/08/research/grad-fellow-aims-engineer-better-synthetic-tendon-replacement
As sports injuries go, a torn tendon ranks right up there: searing pain, followed by a protracted period of healing that often lasts for months. If the rupture is severe there's surgery involved, and because of the heavy stresses tendons must endure, a simple reattachment doesn't always hold. Thus the market for tendon replacements. The required tissue is often excised from a tendon elsewhere in the body, or, after processing, from a cadaver. "The problem with both is limited availability," says Brittany Banik. "That's where our research comes in."
http://news.psu.edu/story/280989/2013/07/08/research/grad-fellow-aims-engineer-better-synthetic-tendon-replacementMon, 08 Jul 2013 13:05 -0400Penn State News - Brittany Banik